1 Chronicles 4:10

4:10 Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only¹ you would greatly bless me and expand my territory! May your hand be with me! Keep me from harm so I might not endure pain!”² God answered his prayer.³

1 Chronicles 5:20

5:20 They received divine help in fighting them, and the Hagrites and all their allies were handed over to them. They cried out to God during the battle; he responded to their prayers because they trusted in him.⁴

1 Chronicles 9:13

9:13 Their relatives, who were leaders of their families, numbered 1,760. They were capable men who were assigned to carry out the various tasks of service in God’s temple.⁵

1 Chronicles 9:33

9:33 The musicians and Levite family leaders stayed in rooms at the sanctuary⁶ and were exempt from other duties, for day and night they had to carry out their assigned tasks.

1 Chronicles 14:8

14:8 When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed⁷ king of all Israel, all the Philistines marched up to confront him.⁸ When David heard about it, he marched out against⁹ them.

1 Chronicles 15:29

15:29 As the ark of the Lord’s covenant entered the City of David, Michal, Saul’s daughter, looked out the window. When she saw King David jumping and celebrating, she despised him.¹⁰

1 Chronicles 19:7

19:7 They hired 32,000 chariots, along with the king of Maacah and his army, who came and camped in front of Medeba. The Ammonites also assembled from their cities and marched out to do battle.

1 Chronicles 21:26

21:26 David built there an altar to the Lord and offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings.¹¹ He called out to the Lord, and the Lord¹² responded by sending fire from the sky and consuming the burnt sacrifice on the altar.

1 Chronicles 23:24

23:24 These were the descendants of Levi according to their families, that is, the leaders of families as counted and individually listed who carried out assigned tasks in the Lord’s temple and were twenty years old and up.¹³

1 Chronicles 24:19

24:19 This was the order in which they carried out their assigned responsibilities when they entered the Lord’s temple, according to the regulations given them by their ancestor¹⁴ Aaron, just as the Lord God of Israel had instructed him.¹⁵

1 Chronicles 29:20

29:20 David told the entire assembly: “Praise the Lord your God!” So the entire assembly praised the Lord God of their ancestors; they bowed down and stretched out flat on the ground before the Lord and the king.

¹tn On the use of אִם (’im, “if”) here, see HALOT 60 s.v.

²tn Heb “and act from [i.e., so as to prevent] harm so that I might not be in pain.”

³tn Heb “and God brought about what he had asked.”

⁴tn Heb “and they were helped against them and they were given over into their hand, the Hagrites and all who were with them, for to God they cried out in the battle and he was entreated [or “allowed himself to be entreated”] by them for they trusted in him.”

⁵tn Heb “capable [for] the work of the task of the house of God.”

⁶tn Heb “were in rooms.” The words “at the sanctuary” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁷tn Or “designated”; NCV “had been made king”; CEV “had become king.”

⁸tn Heb “to seek David.”

⁹tn Heb “went out before.”

¹⁰tn The Hebrew text adds “in her heart.”

¹¹tn Or “tokens of peace.”

¹²tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹³tn Heb “these were the sons of Levi according to the house of their fathers, heads of the fathers, according to their numberings, by number of names, according to their heads, doer[s] of the work for the service of the house of the Lord, from a son of twenty years and upwards.”

¹⁴tn Heb “father.”

¹⁵tn Heb “these were their responsibilities for their service to enter the house of the Lord according to their manner [given] by the hand of Aaron their father, as the Lord God of Israel commanded him.”